Washing machine



Apr. 3, 1923. 1,450,393.

F. SIMONYE.

I WASHING MACHINE.

FILED SEPT. 10, I92I.

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li. SEMONYE, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

WHG MACHINE.

application tiled; september 10, 192i. Serial No. @$9,606.

To all whom t may conceive:

Be it lnown that l., FRANK SIMONYE, citi- Zen of Yugoslavia, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful "improvements y'Washing Machines, ot which the following is a specilication.

rEllis invention relates to clothes washing machines, having tor a general object to provide a siinple and inexpensive machine of this sort.,

A further object of the invention is to provide a washing machine which may be mounted as an attachment on wash-tubs such as a commonly provided in dwellings.

TSor further comprehension of the invention, the objiects and advantages thereoi", reference will be had to the follow-l ing description and accompanying drawings; and to the appended claims in which the varions nove features of the invention are more pa ularly set forth.

ligure l or the drawings is aplan view of a clothes washing machine, showing it i mounted on a. was; Ttub.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevation, looking in the opposite direction to lligure 2, part of the tub and he attaching clamp being broken away l is an end view, the machine being tilted bach, showing the parts as they appear in underside plan view when the machine is in operative position.

Figure 5 is a side view of one of the bearing hores Figure is an edge view thereof.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary longitudinal vertical section.

As here shown my improved clothes washing machine comprises a pair of side traine plates 1C' which are provided with rearwardly extending lugs 1l in which are fixed laterally proiecting pins l24 which engage in'bearing brmlrets i3 adapted to rest upon the top side edges of a wash-tub 14 of ordina constructiona The brackets 13 have their lower edges channeled to receive the usual 1li extending around the top of the tuh le and are adapted to be secured to the latter by set-screws 15 threaded 'laterally through the brackets. rli`he brackets 13 have also set-screws 16 threaded vertically therethrough and adapted to engage the pins 12.

Extending 9'orvvardly from the side plates 10 are a pair ot hearing rails 20 in which are able -indicated in dot and dash lines-in Figure 3.

journaled a series of shafts 21 upon which are fixed the closely spaced feed rollers 22 which are adapted to feed the clothes be# tween a pair of rotary cylindrical'brushes 50' 2t, 25 arranged one above the other. These brushes 24 yand 25A are suitably lined on shafts 26 and 27 supported in the side plates 10. Located adjacent the brush is a deliv-= ery roller 28 which is fined on `iournaled in the side plates 10. Adjacent this delivery roller 28` is a short deliverychute 30 which is secured to the side plates a shaft 29 @5 10. These rollers 22 and brushes 24;, 25 are 7 driven as follows: v

Fixed on the roller shafts-21 and 29 are lsprocket wheels over which is looped a sprocket chain 36, engagement ot the chain with the intermediate sproclret wheels being ensured by means of suitably supported idler rollers 37 which bear on the top thereof. Fixed to the shaft 22 of the roller 21 which is nearest the brushes, is a gear 38 which meshes with a gear 39 tired to the trunnion of a roller d1 located above,and co-cperat- 8@ ing with the inner one ofthe rollers v22. Gear 39 is driven, through 4a pair ci idlers t0 and d1, from a gear pinion Ll2 tired on a stub shaft l mounted in one ot the side plates 10, in which the idlers 39, t0, t1 are also supported.7 The stub shaft t3 may have a crank handle del lined thereon for manual rotation or the machine may be power operated if desired. lov drive the brushes 24,

' 25 the shafts 26 and 27 have gears i9 and 50 lined thereon, the former meshing with a gear 51 lined on the stub shaft 43. To 'enable the brushes 2li, 25 to be readily removed or replaced their carrying shafts 26, 27 are supported at one end by a removable 'plate 52 set into one of the side plates 10 and secured by screws 53., The relative sizes of the driving gears for the brushes 42li, 25 and the rollers 22 is such as to give the brushes a faster surface speed than the rollers.

rlhe clothes to be washed may be placed on a table 55 having notches 56 cut in the inner corners ,thereof to receive the ends of the rails 20 to which latter it is connected by screws 57 and 58, the latter of these screws being provided with wring-heads so that they may be readily withdrawn from engagement with the table it desired, to enthe latter to be swung downward, as

The clothes entering between the brushes 2d and 25 have water discharged thereon from a perforated pipe 60 extending across the machine, this pipe leading from a pump 6l supported by and under an inward projection 62 on' one of the side plates 10, this pump having an intake pipe 63 extending down and into the tub 14 in which a supply'of water is placed. The pumpv 61 is driven by a sprocket chain 64 looped over a sprocket wheel 65 on the rotor of the pump, an idler 67 and over a sprocket wheel 66 fixed to shaft 26.

The brush 25 and adjacent one of theV rollers 22 are preferably mounted on resilient supports such as are shown in Figures and 6. The supports comprise the open frames 7() having slotted sides 71 in which are guided the bearing blocks 72. These blocks rest on springs such as 7 3 interposed therebetween and the lower horizontal members of the frames 70, screws Hsuch as 74, being threaded downward through the top members of the frames 70 to adjustally position the blocks 7 2.

In the use of my improved machine the latter is placed on the tub 14 and the screws 15 tightened, after a quantity of suitably treated water is placed in the tub. The clothes are placed on the table 55 and fed by hand onto the rst of the rollers 22 which feed them forward to the brushes 24, 25 between which they pass, falling down the chute into the tub 14, from which they may be removed and the operation repeated as often as may be necessary.

It will be noted that, by reason ot the greater surface speed of the brushes 24, 25 over the rollers 22, 41, the brushes have a rubbing action on the clothes, the respective.

Letters Patent of the United States is as v follows:

1. In a clothes washing machine, a pair of rotary brushes,- a series of rollers adapted to feed the clothes between said brushes, a pair of brackets adapted to be fixed upon a wash-tub, a frame supporting said rollersand brushes, and means pivoting said frame to said brackets.

2. A clothes washing machine comprising a pair of side frames, a pair of brushes and a series of feed rollers supported by said frames, a table arranged in Jfront of said rollers, a perforated pipe extending across the machine in front of said brushes, a pump supported by one of said side frames and having the said pipe connected thereto, and means for driving said brushes, rollers and pump.

In testimony whereof I have aiixed my signature.

FRANK SIMONYE. 

